Language Learning Strategies Of Iraqi EFL Undergraduates in Learning New English Vocabulary

Abstract

The study tries to investigate empirically what strategies that Iraqi EFL undergraduates use in learning new English vocabulary. (60) second year-students from English Dep, College of Education-University of Babylon were chosen as the sample of the study and a questionnaire form was distributed to the sample of the study. The questionnaire consisted of the four tested vocabulary learning strategies: social, memory, cognitive and metacognitive strategies .The study concluded that Iraqi EFL undergraduates are learning new English vocabulary mainly through memory strategies.